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Two Plus One champions of Louth Indoor Bowls Club Morning Triples league

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT

TWO Plus One were confirmed as champions of the Louth Indoor Bowls Club's Morning Triples league after two emphatic victories.

They hammered Mix and Match 27-8, scoring a 'seven' on one end and then clinched the title with a 27-8 win over Greenfingers.

Rivals DeeJays were still in the hunt after totally destroying Bramleys in an amazing 43-3 scoreline but had to settle for the runners-up spot following a surprising 19-11 defeat against Mix and Match, who fought back from 7-10 behind.

The battle is on for third place with two points separating three teams. Bujiars took that spot albeit on shots difference from Oaks who they beat 23-5.

Mudlarks are fifth having suffered a 18-12 defeat against Oaks although they did well in their second game to beat Numbskulls 17-14. The wooden spoon will go either to Greenfingers or Bramleys. Just one point separates them with both having two games to play.

With the Friday Evening Pairs title having already been decided, the focus was on the runners-up spot with the two contenders playing each other and having the same number of points.

It proved a worthy contest but with Wendy White and Jack Goy leading 12-11m their opponents Barrie Robinson and Charlie Briggs grabbed a 'two' to edge in front and finished with a 'five' and a 'four' to ease to a 22-12 victory. The victors now have a two-point advantage with one round of games remaining.

Title winner Barry Southwell took a night off but substitute John Darnborough wasn't able to continue the champions' winning ways as he and Dave Gladding were well beaten by Veronica Hillier and Margaret Pycroft.

Paul Dunham maintained fourth place, helped by stand-in partner Tony Willoughby, but had to survive a late fightback by their opponents before winning 16-15. They had led 15-7 but Paul Hillier and Derek Farrington won four of the last five ends to nearly pinch it.

Grabbing one shot on the final end enabled Jackie Brothwell and Sheila Mlls to hang on to fifth place in a tight game against Keith Castledine and Nancy Ness, which finished 11 each.

Bottom duo Pete Goy and Gill Chesman produced a good performance against Mick Espin and George Chesman and led 9-3 and 13-11 but ran out of steam to lose 19-13.

'Pupil' Ruth Cullum gets the better of Games star Amy Monkhouse

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT

TEACHER and pupil came face to face in Wigton – and it was the pupil who came out on top in the opening match when the might of England's Commonwealth Games bowls team came up against a North Select side.

Ruth Cullum, a former pupil of England star Amy Monkhouse at Tollbar BEC, hit top form in partnership with Holbeach ace Annalisa Bellamy on Saturday and the promising Lincolnshire duo upstaged Ellen Falkner and Monkhouse 9-7, 3-10, 3-2.

"They played very well," said Monkhouse. "They caught us before we had time to settle to win the first set and, although we got it together in the second set, anything can happen in a tie break and they pipped us 3-2."

Cullum and Bellamy won the national Under-25 pairs title two years ago and when they 'click' they are a formidable unit.

They gave a good account of themselves in the second round, losing the first set by just three shots at 10-7 and tying the second 6-6, and the England pair were relieved to get home without being subjected to another tie break.

England, who fielded their full Commonwealth Games side throughout the weekend, faced an entirely different team yesterday, when Falkner and Monkhouse chalked up a couple of confidence-boosting victories over Vicki Forster and Carole McClean.

Coming out with all guns blazing, they scorched to a 9-5, 11-4 win in the morning and followed up with an even more emphatic 9-2, 14-6 win after lunch.

"That was just what we needed," said Monkhouse. "The two close encounters with Ruth and Annalisa got us on our mettle and we really went for it against Vicki and Carole."

Across the green, in the six disciplines, England's 12-strong Games side suffered only two defeats in 24 matches, leaving performance director John Bell with a big smile on his face.

Commonwealth Games team v North Select at Wigton (England names first):-

MEN: Singles: S Tolchard bt C Gale 11-7, 10-2; bt Gale 7-4, 9-5; bt R Chisholm 8-5, 7-7; bt Chisholm 7-9, 10-3, 5-0. Pairs: M King & S Airey bt J A Bell & J Parkinson 8-7, 7-6; bt Bell & Parkinson 13-8, 13-2; bt D Tager & A Kirtland 11-9, 9-9; bt Tager & Kirtland 9-5, 8-6. Triples: M Bantock, G Shadwell, R Newman bt M Spencer, B Powell, V O'Neill 7-8, 10-5, 4-1; bt Spencer, Powell, O'Neill 6-6, 7-4; bt C Black, D Fenwick, D Bolt 9-4, 4-10, 3-1; bt Black, Fenwick, Bolt 10-7, 7-11, 7-0.

WOMEN: Singles: N Melmore lost to T Pearson 7-8, 3-7; bt Pearson 8-9, 13-2, 3-2; bt A Anderson 9-6, 2-9, 2-1; bt Anderson 14-0, 8-2. Pairs: E Falkner & A Monkhouse lost to R Cullum & A Bellamy 7-9, 10-3, 2-3; bt Cullum & Bellamy 10-7, 6-6; bt V Forster & C McClean 9-5, 11-4; bt Forster & McClean 9-2, 14-6. Triples: J-L Winch, S Hazell, S Gordon bt K Proctor, J Eley, A Anderson 5-10, 10-8, 7-3; bt Proctor, Eley, Anderson 10-2, 6-6; bt R Forster, S Moffatt, T Pearson 11-4, 10-3; bt Forster, Moffatt, Pearson 7-7, 11-3.

Grimsby bowler Amy Monkhouse takes on 'pupil' Ruth Cullum

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT

GRIMSBY bowler Amy Monkhouse is in Cumbria today as part of preparations for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month.

She will carry England's hopes in the women's pairs with her old friend Ellen Falkner against a North Region Select team.

"The clash is one of our last get-togethers before the real thing, so excitement is mounting in the camp," admitted the 31-year-old Tollbar BEC teacher.

The North team put together to test the 12-strong England side includes two Lincolnshire players – Ruth Cullum from Cleethorpes and Annalisa Bellamy – who will face Falkner and Monkhouse twice in the pairs today.

Monkhouse knows both well – and is particularly acquainted with Cullum, whom she taught at Tollbar. On Sunday they face Cumbria's Vicky Forster and Carole McLean, from Yorkshire.

Two Plus One close in on Morning Triples crown

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:49:00 GMT

TWO Plus One took a couple of steps towards securing the Louth Indoor Bowls Morning Triples title with two solid victories.
First they polished off Bramleys 20-6 and followed up with a 15-9 win over Bujiars to give themselves a three-point cushion with three games to play.
Rivals DeeJays are not giving up though and also recorded two victories. Numbskulls were beaten 17-11 and Mudlarks lost out 25-3 when coming up against an in-form DeeJays skip.
There is also a close battle for third place with Oaks currently holding that spot after a 25-3 thumping of Numbskulls. Bujiars have nipped into fourth place, on shots difference thanks to a 9-8 win over Mudlarks in one of the tightest games in the summer league.
It's 'game on' at the bottom too with 'strongest' team Greenfngers boosting their chance of avoiding last place with a 16-8 win against third-bottom Mix and Match, who in turn stuffed next-bottom Bramleys 28-2. Only four points separate these three.
The Friday Evening Pairs title has been clinched by Barry Southwell and Dave Gladding after they eased to a comfortable win over Mick Espin and George Chesman.
Two pairs are locked on the same points in the fight for the runners-up spot. Barrie Robinson and Charlie Briggs have regained second place on shots difference after their last gasp 17-15 win over Keith Castledine and stand-in Pat Willoughby.
Wendy White and Jack Goy slipped to third following a 24-22 defeat against Brian Nash and Paul Dunham in another close encounter which went to the final end.
Pete Goy and Gill Chesman have one hand on the wooden spoon as they lost 21-9 to Jackie Brothwell and Sheila Mills and are now six points adrift with only three games to play.

Jonathan Darley of Clee BC rolls his way to Singles hat-trick

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

A MEMORABLE singles final saw Jonathan Darley of Clee BC seal a hat-trick of victories in the Singles at the close of the Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament.

On Finals Day, Darley began his quest for a third title with a semi-final clash against Clee BC rival Simon Dent, 22, who has held the Cleethorpes Open Rinks of Three title on two occasions

Darley – the Singles winner in 2003 and 2005, and Player of the Tournament winner at this year's Cleethorpes Bowls Open – held a 9-8 lead at the two-thirds stage, after the scores were level at 4-4 after seven ends.

The last third saw Darley up a gear, taking points from five of the six player ends to book his place in the final with a 15-9 victory.

The remaining semi-final was one of the closest and tensest contests of the week.

Hull bowler Tim Winter (West Park BC) was attempting to keep the silverware on the North Bank after last year's Singles winner Dennis Cheater, from Walkington, was unable to defend his title due to injury. Facing Winter was Tony Hebblewhite (Goxhill BC), who reached the Rinks of Three final.

Hebblewhite led 5-1 after six ends before Winter levelled the scores after ten.

And the match was still tied, at nine all, after 14 ends.

Winter then scored a sequence of 1:1:1:2 to lead 14-9 after 18 ends before Hebblewhite came back over the remaining three ends to score 2:1:1 – but he fell short and Winter reached the final by a 14-13 score.

In the Blue Riband finale, Winter opened well, taking a 6-2 lead after seven ends.

But Darley responded and turned the match around in his favour to lead 12-9 after 13 ends.

Winter then took 1:1:2:1 to lead 14-12 but after 20 ends the scores were level at 15 points each.

As the tension built around the green Darley edged ahead to 19-16 and within two points of the title after 24 ends, only for Winter to hit back to 19-18 on the 26th end.

But Darley scored single points on the next two ends to win 21-18 and secure a hat-trick of Grimsby Open Singles titles over the last eight years.

BILSTHORPE BC's Bob Stevens and Longden Terrace BC partner Janet Eames rolled their way to glory in the Open Pairs.

Stevens, the 2006 winner, and Eames, runner-up in the same year, were paired against tournament regulars Ted Marsh and Ian Ransby (Ordsall BC) in their semi-final

The experienced Stevens and Eames pairing were dominant from the start. They took points from ten of the first 14 ends to lead 18-6.

Their heavy scoring was decisive as they continued to build their lead and book a place in the final with a 24-10 win.

The second semi-final involved Tracy Dent and her 22-year-old son Simon (Clee BC) who were continuing their excellent form this year.

Simon, who reached the semi-finals of the Singles, had also held the Triples honour on two occasions.

And last year, Tracy's husband Paul was runner-up in the competition. She went one better, though, by winning the Mixed Pairs title at this year's Cleethorpes Bowls Open.

Facing Simon and Tracy were the Lincoln pairing of Ted and Iris Coulson (Eagle BC), who were also enjoying an excellent week having reached the Rinks of Three semi-final.

The Dents were quickly into their stride to lead 7-1 after eight ends before the Coulson's began to pull back the scores to trail 9-6 after 12 ends.

The turnaround continued with the Eagle BC pair cruising ahead to 14-9 after 16 ends before eventually taking their place in the final with a 17-10 victory.

The final turned proved to be another highly competitive and entertaining game.

After eight ends there was nothing to separate the four players, the scores tied at eight all.

After 13 ends Stevens and Eames had opened a 15-11 lead – but the Coulsons came back on the next two ends to trail 15-14.

The 16th and 17th ends proved decisive for Stevens and Eames. They took them 2:3 to lead 20-14.

And that was a sufficiently large margin for them to hold over the last four ends and they clinched the title 21-16.

The play-off for third and fourth places proved a classic encounter.

After 14 ends the pairs were tied at 10 all.

Marsh and Ransby inched ahead over the next three, taking 2:2:1 to lead 15-10.

But the Dents dug deep and pulled to 15 all over the next three ends.

And the deciding final end was taken by just a single shot, the Dents edging it to win 16-15.

BOB Stevens lifted the Player of the Tournament title at Grimsby Open Bowls week – but it was in doubt until the closing stages of Finals Day.

Bilsthorpe BC's Stevens, runner-up in 2006, lead the field after the semi-finals, but Ted Coulson of Eagle BC was also in contention.

Indeed, if Coulson had beaten Stevens in the Open Pairs final, he would have taken the Player of the Tournament title and his wife Iris would have finished runner-up. Stevens' victory in the Open Pairs final, however, saw him also bag the individual honour, with 51 points.

Coulson finished joint runner-up with Tony Hebblewhite third, on 42 points. Iris Coulson was a close fourth on 39 points.

The semi-finals were played on the Number Four green, with the afternoon's finals on the Number Two green.

Players throughout the tournament produced a high standard of play on all four competition greens – so credit is due to green keeper Ian Dye and his grounds staff for both performance and presentation.

Duo go one better to win Mixed Pairs title at Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE culmination of the 2010 Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament provided some high quality games on Finals Day.

At the beginning of the day local players had an interest in all four competitions but, in contrast to June's Cleethorpes Open when all the titles were won by local players, only one of the four titles was taken by a player from the area.

First up on on finals day was the Rinks of Three competition and the first of the 18-end semi-finals saw previous semi-finalists Ernie Elkington, Neil Salmon and Lou Rice (Friskney BC) play last year's runners-up from Lincoln, Ted and Iris Coulson and Kevin Lewis (Eagle BC).

The Coulson's, having also booked a place in the Open Pairs semi-finals, opened the game strongly collecting four shots on consecutive ends to lead 12-1 after four ends.

Elkington, Salmon and Rice came back with 1:5:1 to trail 8-12 before the Coulson's and Lewis took 2:1 to lead 15-8 at the halfway stage.

After 15 ends, Elkington, Salmon and Rice had pulled back to trail 14-17 and continued their comeback by taking 2:1:1 on the last three ends to secure a place in the final by 18-17.

The second semi-final brought the 2006 title holder Harold Dixon, this year partnered by Tony Hebblewhite and Tony Gaytor (Goxhill/ Cemex BCs), against tournament regulars from Newark Robin Wallwin, John Wood and Chris Fry (Farndon BC) making it through to their first finals day appearance.

The first-half of the game was close with the Goxhill triple leading 8-7 after 10 ends.

Taking 1:-1:4:1 from the next four ends Dixon, Hebblewhite and Gaytor led 14-8.

The Farndon triple countered with four shots on the 15th end (12-14) before Dixon, Hebblewhite and Gaytor took 5:2 to book their place in the final by 21-12.

The final was played over 21 ends and was a highly entertaining finale to the competition played by two triples in top form.

After nine ends, the scores were level at six all and after 12 ends there was still nothing to separate the triples at eight apiece.

After 15 ends, Elkington, Salmon and Rice had established a 12-8 lead before Dixon, Hebblewhite and Gaytor took three shots to trail 12-11.

Having taken the mat on the 17th end with a single shot (13-11) Elkington, Salmon and Rice collected shots from the next three ends (1:2:2) to build an unassailable 18-11 score line and claim the 2010 title after a tense quality game.

The third/fourth place play-off was played over 18 ends and was one of the closest games of the day.

Wallwin, Wood and Fry took an early 7-2 lead after six ends but after the 12th end, scores were level at eight all.

Taking 1:2:2 from the next three ends, the Coulson's and Lewis took a 13-8 lead which they managed to hold in spite of the Farndon triple scoring on the last three ends (1:2:1).

It was not enough to stop the Eagle BC triple taking third place by 13-12.

Last year in the Mixed Pairs competition, Caroline Cullum and husband David (Kingsway Printers BC) took the title in a close encounter with David Rutt and Eva Dayes (Market Weighton BC) – holders of the title in 2007 and runners-up in both the 2009 Cleethorpes and Grimsby tournaments.

This year the draw brought the pairs together at the semi-final stage with Caroline Cullum partnered by father Gordon Peck, the pair having held the Cleethorpes Open title twice in recent years.

After 10 ends of the 21-end game, Rutt and Dayes had a 17-5 lead before Cullum and Peck produced some of their best bowls in the game taking points from five consecutive ends to pull back to 12-17.

The early scoring by Rutt and Dayes, however, proved decisive as points were shared from the next five ends to give Rutt and Dayes a 21-15 victory and a place in the afternoon's final.

The second semi-final brought the local pairing of Dave and Gwen Jarrett (Vikings BC) – making their first appearance at finals day – up against the mother and son pairing from Lincoln, Anita and Colin Barks (Eagle BC) who were 2006 runners-up and previous joint holders of the Player of the Tournament title.

The experienced Eagle BC pair took control of the first half of the game scoring from seven of the first nine ends to lead 14-3.

The Jarrett's, however, began to find the form which had brought them through the earlier rounds and came back strongly over the next eight ends to trail 13-16 after 17 ends.

The Vikings pair's fight-back was halted on the 18th end when the Bark's took a maximum four shots followed by three shots on the 19th end to record a 23-13 score and book their place in the final.

The final brought together two of the most consistent pairs in recent years.

Rutt and Dayes were attempting to go one better than last year's runners-up place, while Anita and Colin Barks had been runners-up in 2006.

After five ends, the Bark's had opened a 4-1 lead but Rutt and Dayes turned the score in their favour over the next five ends to lead 8-4 after 10 ends.

After the next six ends, the Barks had fought back to hold an 11-10 lead and after 19 ends still held a narrow 13-12 lead.

The last two ends however saw Rutt and Dayes come from behind to take 3:1 and claim the title for the second time by a 16-13 margin in what had been a top quality final.

The local pairs of Cullum and Peck and the Jarrett's played a highly competitive 21-end game to decide the third and fourth places.

After 11 ends, the Jarrett's held a 10-7 lead before Cullum and Peck turned what proved to be the decisive part of the game in their favour collecting 2:3:3 to lead 15-10.

The Jarrett's came back over the next six ends to level the scores at 17 each after 20 ends but were unable to stop Cullum and Peck on the final end as the Kingsway Printers pair collected two shots and third place by the narrowest of 19-17 margins.

More reports later in the week

RESULTS

RINKS OF THREE COMPETITION

Semi-finals: Ernie Elkington, Neil Salmon & Lou Rice – Hucknell (Friskney BC) 18-17 Ted & Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis – Lincoln (Eagle BC); Robin Wallwin, John Wood & Chris Fry – Newark (Farndon BC) 12-21 Harold Dixon, Tony Hebblewhite & Tony Gaytor – Goxhill (Goxhill/Cemex BCs).

Final: Ernie Elkington, Neil Salmon & Lou Rice 18-11 Harold Dixon, Tony Hebblewhite & Tony Gaytor.

Third/fourth play-off: Ted and Iris Coulson and Kevin Lewis 13-12 Robin Wallwin, John Wood and Chris Fry.

MIXED PAIRS COMPETITION

Semi-finals: Caroline Cullum and Gordon Peck – Waltham (Kingsway Printers BC) 15-21 David Rutt and Eva Dayes – Brough (Market Weighton BC); Dave and Gwen Jarrett – Grimsby (Vikings BC) 13-23 Anita and Colin Barks – Lincoln (Eagle BC).

Final: David Rutt and Eva Dayes 16-13 Anita and Colin Barks.

Third/fourth play-off: Caroline Cullum and Gordon Peck 19-17 Dave and Gwen Jarrett.

OPEN PAIRS COMPETITION

Semi-finals: Bob Stevens and Janet Eames – Bilsthorpe (Bilsthorpe/Longden Terrace BCs) 24-10 Ted Marsh and Ian Ransby – Retford (Ordsall BC); Tracy and Simon Dent – Grimsby (Clee BC) 10-17 Ted and Iris Coulson – Lincoln (Eagle BC).

Final: Bob Stevens and Janet Eames 21-16 Ted and Iris Coulson.

Third/fourth play-off: Ted Marsh and Ian Ransby 15-16 Tracy and Simon Dent.

SINGLES COMPETITION

Semi-finals: Jonathan Darley Grimsby (Clee BC) 15-9 Simon Dent Grimsby (Clee BC); Tony Hebblewhite – Barrow on Humber (Goxhill BC) 13-14 Tim Winter (West Park BC).

Final: Jonathan Darley 21-18 Tim Winter.

Struggling Sussex succumb to Carr Lane

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

SUSSEX – needing good points results to lift their team clear of the Division One relegation zone – played a tough match against Carr Lane A in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Triples League.

Rink scores were equal, but Carr Lane amassed useful total shots to take a 6-4 win, writes Barry Cammell

Sussex were at home to Blossom Way and the home team were only able to rescue one rink win thanks to the efforts of M Steer, N Dodsworth and N Jackson.

Blossom Way A, at home to Clee Bowls A had a tough match and Clee piled in more shots for a 7-3 result.

Four teams could be in contention for the champions spot in this division.

Scartho Clee are making their way up away from the relegation zone. Playing away at Manor Avenue to Grimsby B, Scartho turned in a good performance for a maximum points result.

Carr Lane, at home to Humberston A, won three rinks, but could not achieve the aggregate, which went in favour of Humberston, giving Carr Lane a 6-4 result.

Division One is still a four-horse race for top spot.

The four lower teams require serious points to take two of them clear of the relegation zone.

Grimsby A current leaders in Division Two, played Grant Thorold at home.

It was a closer game than the score indicates. Grimsby played a good game for a 8-2 points result. The rink of Pat Lewis, Jack Simons and Brian Gooderham secured one rink win for the visitors.

Caistor, chasing the league leaders, were at home to Clee Cons Rov and secured a 6-4 result.

From a closely-fought game, Clee Cons B suffered a 6-4 defeat, at home to Caistor.

Waltham Park A, a dark horse, in fourth position, played the league leaders at home in a shared points game, 5-5. The total shots were 61-61.

With fixtures running out, Barretts A need to put in a final spurt to clear the relegation zone.

In Division Three, Sussex Rec are making progress.

However, they fell to a strong Eastfield team, who secured a 8-2 points result.

Humberston B, away to Carr Lane B, played well for a 6-4 result. Humberston, currently third, are a team to watch.

Vikings are making their mark in this division and put on the pressure to obtain a 6-6 result in a very tight game against Sussex Rec.

Haverstoe, at home to Eastfield, could only secure one rink win by the efforts of L Skinner, J Hall and J Beaumont.

Haverstoe maintain a mid-table position.

In Division Four, Laceby A are in the driving seat.

They played away to Barretts B and achieved a 8-2 points result.

Waltham Park B have yet to make an impression in this division.

They played Blossom way B at home but could do little to prevent the visitors achieving a 8-2 result.

Laceby B versus Clee Bowls C was a very close game. Rink scores were equal, but Laceby took the aggregate for a 6-4 result.

In Division Five, Carr Lane C in their chase for top spot, dealt a devastating blow to Sussex Clee when they played at Carr Lane.

The home team put in a positive effort to obtain a 9-1 result against Sussex Clee, a contender for the title.

Clee Cons Thur played Humberston C at home.

Humberston, who have struggled this season, found Cons too strong on the day, leaving the home team with a 8-2 result.

Keelby versus Granby was a close game.

Total shots were close, but Granby did enough to secure a 6-6 result.

Granby played at home to Eastfield. The latter took the aggregate by three shots for a 6-4 result.

Sussex Clee, looking for second place, managed a 8-2 result (including a Hot shot score) in a closer game than the score reflects.

Meanwhile, on a sad note, I have to report the passing of a Barretts Bowling Club stalwart.

Douggie Bray, captain of the B Triples team, has died.

My thanks to Brian Patterson for keeping me informed.

On behalf of the Grimsby/Cleethorpes Triples League, I offer condolences to Douglas Norman Bray's family and Doug's many bowling friends at Barretts Bowling Club.

Mixed pairs gear up for the Grimsby Open Bowls semis

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

GRIMSBY Open Bowls Tournament continued to enjoy fine weather for the fourth day of competition, which featured the Mixed Pairs event.

The excellent condition of the greens at Sussex Rec encouraged some competitive play throughout the day.

The current Mixed Pairs title holder Caroline Cullum, this year partnered by father Gordon Peck (Kingsway Printers BC), who together previously held the Cleethorpes title in 2001 and 2003, are on course to retain their title – if they can repeat the result which they achieved in last year's final.

In Friday's semi-finals, the pair will come up against David Rutt and Eva Dayes (Market Weighton BC), who they beat in last year's final.

The game should be a close contest as Rutt and Dayes held the title in 2007 and were runners-up at both the 2009 Cleethorpes and Grimsby Open tournaments.

The second semi-final will feature – on finals day for the first time – the local pairing of Gwen and Dave Jarrett (Vikings BC), who had an outstanding day beating Ted Coulson and Jenny Whattam (Eagle BC), and Bob Stevens and Julie Colella (Bilsthorpe BC) – both of whom have already booked places in other semi-finals this week.

Their semi-finals opponents, the mother and son pairing of Anita and Colin Barks from Lincoln's Eagle BC, are no strangers to finals day, having been runners-up in the 2006 Mixed Pairs and joint Players of the 2005 Grimsby Open Tournament.

MIXED PAIRS COMPETITION RESULTS

(All Grimsby/Cleethorpes except were stated otherwise)

ROUND ONE: Fred Eames & Jean Burt Laceby BC 9 Peter Noble & Shirley Crane Retford Ordsall BC 17; Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 21 George Hilton & Pat Shay Retford Ordsall BC 9; Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham Waltham BC 16 Steve & Margaret Leggett Waltham Park BC 10; Pat Belton & Ron Newell Waltham BC 18 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 15; Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 15 Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 20; Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 17 Bill Gibbins & Marie Nuttall Barnsley Barretts BC 9; Margaret Upton & John Goodwin Sussex BC 20 Janet & Colin Bedford Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 13; Terry Marshall & Val Croft Keelby Grant Thorold BC 17 Brian & Susan Kilby Skegness BC 8; David Cole & Thelma Scrimshaw Scartho Clee BC 15 Extra End Maureen Bush & Martin Nurse Healing BC 14; David Remington & Brenda True Ulceby Healing BC 15 Hedley Snow & Dorothy Jerrison Barretts BC 13; Janet & Darrell Eames Warsop Longden Terrace BC 10 David Rutt & Eva Dayes Brough Market Weighton BC 16; John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 15 Rose & John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 16; Terry Wood & Laura-Jane Duncan Carr Lane BC 11 Tina Morris & Harold Dixon Goxhill BC 20; Andy Arundel & Sue Page Waltham Park BC 19 Michael Barratt & June Allender Waltham BC 6; Jim Cole & Margaret Roberts Killingholme Habrough BC 9 John & Denise Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 22; Jim & Denise Sorley Humberston Waltham BC 15 Extra End Eddie Ling & Kathy Reid Clee BC 13; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam Eagle BC 19 Tony Hebblewhite & Christine Ellis Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15; Alan Dent (Snr) & Julie Howram Immingham Louth IBC 17 Jean King & Roger Lockwood Humberston Grimsby BC 11; Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 15 Graham Coxon & Janice Oxley Worksop CSC BC 14; Geoffrey & Doreen Milborn Sussex BC 9 Bob Stevens & Julie Colella Bilsthorpe BC 21; Helen Pulfrey & Andy Parrott Vikings BC 9 Doug Stolworthy & Pat Lewis Grant Thorold BC 21; Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 13 Steve Moore & Jan Mountain Alford BC 15 Extra End; Ernest Elkington & Rose Amos Hucknell Friskney BC 16 Jonathan Darley & Marion Burgess Clee BC 13; David Whittinton & Sheila Childs Laceby Barretts BC 12 Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis Eagle BC 18; David & Christine Hempsall Lincoln Hykeham BC 16 Mike & Julia Heath Goxhill BC 11; Raymond & Hilary Maskell Bilsthorpe BC 21 Ted Marsh & Dot Dernie Retford Ordsall BC 14; Rhona Watts & David Langley Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 16 Pat McKeon & Cliff Deighton Sussex BC 12; Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 4 Tracey & Martin Dent Clee BC 20; Ann Johnson & Andy Marshall Habrough BC 14 v Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith Unattached 16.

ROUND TWO: Peter Noble & Shirley Crane 15 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan 13; Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 18 Pat Belton & Ron Newell 14; Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 19 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith 12; Margaret Upton & John Goodwin 13 Terry Marshall & Val Croft 18; David Cole & Thelma Scrimshaw 13 David Remington & Brenda True 15; David Rutt & Eva Dayes 31 Rose & John Stokes 2; Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 22 Andy Arundel & Sue Page 7; John & Denise Weeden 12 Jim & Denise Sorley 17; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam 21 Alan Dent (Snr) & Julie Howram 9; Gwen & Dave Jarrett 17 Tom & Doreen Green 11; Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 13 Doug Stolworthy & Pat Lewis 9; Steve Moore & Jan 17 Ernest Elkington & Rose Amos 16; Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis 11 Anita & Colin Barks 16; David & Christine Hempsall 20 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan 7; Raymond & Hilary Maskell 11 Rhona Watts & David Langley 14; Tracey & Martin Dent 15 Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith Unattached 16.

ROUND THREE: Peter Noble & Shirley Crane 13 Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 14; Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 23 Terry Marshall & Val Croft 9; David Remington & Brenda True 9 David Rutt & Eva Dayes 19; Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 19 Jim & Denise Sorley 9; Ted Coulson & Jenny Whattam 10 Gwen & Dave Jarrett 18; Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 19 Steve Moore & Jan Mountain 4; Anita & Colin Barks 14 David & Christine Hempsall 13; Rhona Watts & David Langley 18 Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith 13.

QUARTER-FINALS: Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham 7 Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck 19; David Rutt & Eva Dayes 15 Tina Morris & Harold Dixon 7; Gwen & Dave Jarrett 17 Bob Stevens & Julie Colella 12; Anita & Colin Barks 18 Rhona Watts & David Langley 6.

SEMI-FINALS: To be played Friday morning August, 20. Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck v David Rutt & Eva Dayes – Brough; Gwen & Dave Jarrett v Anita & Colin Barks.

Triples serve up a real feast of thrilling action at Bowls Tournament

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE third day of the Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament produced some of the most closely-contested games of the week in the quarter-final stages of the Rinks of Three competition.

As the last eight triples battled it out on the green, it looked possible that a repeat of last year's final might be on the cards.

Defending champion Caroline Cullum (Kingsway Printers BC), this year partnered by father Gordon Peck and Terry Wood (Carr Lane BC), had a comfortable 11-3 lead at the halfway stage of the game against Harold Dixon, Tony Hebblewhite and Tony Gaytor (Goxhill BC).

The second half of the game, however, turned into a nail-biting affair as the Goxhill triple fought back to trail 15-14 on the last end which dramatically turned in their favour to secure them a place in Friday's semi-finals by a 16-15 margin – and they are the only local representatives left in the competition.

Hebblewhite is already through to Friday's Singles semi-final and currently leads in the Player of the Tournament competition.

In the semi-final, they will face Robin Wallwin, John Wood and Colin Fry (Newark – Farndon BC), who defeated the 2009 Cleethorpes Open runners-up and semi-finalists at this year's Clee Open, Martin and Kay Steer and Roy Buckingham (Sussex BC).

On the next rink, last year's runners-up, Ted and Iris Coulson and Kevin Lewis (Lincoln – Eagle BC) had a close game against Ray Maskell, Darrell Eames and Bob Stevens (Warsop – South Forest BC) narrowly securing a place in the semi by 18-13.

Ted and Iris have also made it through to a second semi, having booked a place in the Open Pairs semi-final.

Friday will see them face Ernie Elkington, Neil Salmon and Len Rice (Hucknall – Friskney BC) who had to battle hard to overcome a strong challenge from the triple of Victor Blake, Peter Cullum & Derek Burgess.

Rinks of Three

ROUND ONE: M. & P. Anderson & J. Duncan Waltham Park BC 12 v M. & S. Leggett & J. Sanders Waltham Park BC 22 J. Hopkinson, A. Trown & J. Brown Doncaster Haxey BC 16 v V. Blake, P. Cullum & D. Burgess Grimsby BC 19 T. Green, B. Hutcheson & E. Bills Immingham Blossom Way BC 15 v J. Brown, D. Jerrison & B. Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 19 P. Clarke, B. Cammell & J. Rock Sussex BC 17 v B. Tutty, V. Grundy & S. Swan Laceby BC 15 T. Marshall, P. Pulfrey & P. Wright Keelby Grant Thorold BC 9 v J. Jordan, B. Wright & I. Morris Hucknall Skegness Foreshore BC 14 G. Hilton, P. Noble & T. Marsh Retford Ordsall BC 21 v A. (Snr.) T. & M. Dent Immingham Louth IBC 17 J. & P. Belton & D. Nicholl Waltham BC 12 v B. Bateman, D. Wright & G. Langley Alford BC 22 P. & H. Lewis & J. Simons Grant Thorold BC 18 v P. Turton, B. Broughton & A. Holland Shirebrook BC 15 J. Reynolds, K. Perkins & J. Swaby Laceby BC 11 v D. Duffield, B. Beel & J. Solley Waltham Park BC 21 J. Miskelly, B. Altoft & J. Sheppard Haverstoe BC 12 v T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis Eagle BC 23 S. Moore, P. Cowling & J. Mountain Alford Humberston CC BC 12 v R. Maskell, D. Eames & B. Stevens Warsop South Forest BC 18 E. Cuthbert, T. Scrimshaw & G. Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 9 v B. Elford, R. Scales & J. Walsh Blossom Way BC 24 P. Bown, J. McLachlan & B. Howson Kingsway Printers BC 22 v D. & J. Cole & I. Jackson Scartho Clee BC 13 B. Johnson, B. Land & S. Cox Waltham BC 10 v M. & K. Steer & R. Buckingham Immingham Sussex BC 21 R. Watts, C. Birkitt & B. Graves Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 7 v A. Shepherd, R. Storey & B. Heavy Skegness Suncastle BC 20 C. Gore, M. Toyne & J. Martin Grimsby BC 8 v T. Smalley, T. Jeffers & A. Alder Brigg BC 23 G. Coxon, C. Hayes & J. Oxley Worksop CSC BC 24 v A. Johnson, G. Allis & M. Humberstone Habrough BC 18 A. & J. King & R. Lockwood Humberston Grimsby BC 19 v G. Milborn, J. Weeden & J. Goodwin Sussex BC 15 A. Marshall, D. Rook & E. White Stallingborough Habrough BC 16 v N. Dodsworth, E. Edwards & J. Smith Sussex BC 24 S. Priestley, G.Martinson & K. Robinson Worlaby Brigg BC 4 v C. Cullum, G. Peck & T. Wood Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 24 D. & G. Jarrett & V. Mackie Vikings BC 17 v A. Beavis, W. Ryan & I. Major Grant Thorold BC 14 G. Harris & J. & D. Sorley Waltham BC 12 v A. & S. Brown & R. Wilkinson Vikings BC 20 H. Dixon, T. Hebblewhite & T. Gaytor Goxhill BC 25 v M. Upton, D. Weeden & P. McKeon Sussex BC 8 M. Bush, K. Reid & M. Nurse Healing BC 7 v J. & B. Darley & B. Gowshall Clee BC 33 A. Parrott, B. Eekhout & J. Higgins Vikings BC 16 v J. Allender, S. Dent & M. Barratt Waltham BC 13

ROUND TWO: M. & S. Leggett & J. Sanders Waltham Park BC 17 v V. Blake, P. Cullum & D. Burgess Grimsby BC 21 J. Brown, D. Jerrison & B. Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 12 v P. Clarke, B. Cammell & J. Rock Sussex BC 15 J. Jordan, B. Wright & I. Morris Hucknall Skegness Foreshore BC 14 v G. Hilton, P. Noble & T. Marsh Retford Ordsall BC 15 E. Elkington, N. Salmon & L. Rice Hucknall Friskney BC 16 v B. Bateman, D. Wright & G. Langley Alford BC 2 P. & H. Lewis & J. Simons Grant Thorold BC 13 v D. Duffield, B. Beel & J. Solley Waltham Park BC 19 A. Arundel, L-.J.Duncan & D. Langley Waltham Park BC 12 v T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis Eagle BC 22 R. Maskell, D. Eames & B. Stevens Warsop South Forest BC 27 v F. Eames, E. Cockerill & J. Burt Laceby BC 6 B. Elford, R. Scales & J. Walsh Blossom Way BC 13 v P. Bown, J. McLachlan & B. Howson Kingsway Printers BC 9 J. & C. Bedford & B. Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 8 v M. & K. Steer & R. Buckingham Immingham Sussex BC 22 A. Shepherd, R. Storey & B. Heavy Skegness Suncastle BC 13 v T. Smalley, T. Jeffers & A. Alder Brigg BC 18 G. Coxon, C. Hayes & J. Oxley Worksop CSC BC 18 v A. & J. King & R. Lockwood Humberston Grimsby BC 13 A. & C. Barks & M. Green Eagle BC 17 v R. Wallwin, J. Wood & C. Fry Newark Farndon BC 21 N. Dodsworth, E. Edwards & J. Smith Sussex BC 9 v C. Cullum, G. Peck & T. Wood Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 21 D. & G. Jarrett & V. Mackie Vikings BC 10 v A. & S. Brown & R. Wilkinson Vikings BC 20 H. Dixon, T. Hebblewhite & T. Gaytor Goxhill BC 14 v D. Remington, J. Talbot & B. True Ulceby Healing BC 10 J. & B. Darley & B. Gowshall Clee BC 25 v A. Parrott, B. Eekhout & J. Higgins Vikings BC 11.

ROUND THREE: V. Blake, P. Cullum & D. Burgess Grimsby BC 24 v P. Clarke, B. Cammell & J. Rock Sussex BC 10 G. Hilton, P. Noble & T. Marsh Retford Ordsall BC 7 v E. Elkington, N. Salmon & L. Rice Hucknall Friskney BC 20 D. Duffield, B. Beel & J. Solley Waltham Park BC 13 v T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis Eagle BC 21 R. Maskell, D. Eames & B. Stevens Warsop South Forest BC 25 v B. Elford, R. Scales & J. Walsh Blossom Way BC 13 M. & K. Steer & R. Buckingham Immingham Sussex BC 14 v T. Smalley, T. Jeffers & A. Alder Brigg BC 11 G. Coxon, C. Hayes & J. Oxley Worksop CSC BC 11 v R. Wallwin, J. Wood & C. Fry Newark Farndon BC 22 C. Cullum, G. Peck & T. Wood Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 25 v A. & S. Brown & R. Wilkinson Vikings BC 13 H. Dixon, T. Hebblewhite & T. Gaytor Goxhill BC 19 v J. & B. Darley & B. Gowshall Clee BC 9.

QUARTER-FINALS: V. Blake, P. Cullum & D. Burgess Grimsby BC 13 v E. Elkington, N. Salmon & L. Rice Hucknall Friskney BC 17 T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis Eagle BC 18 v R. Maskell, D. Eames & B. Stevens Warsop South Forest BC 13 M. & K. Steer & R. Buckingham Immingham Sussex BC 14 v R. Wallwin, J. Wood & C. Fry Newark Farndon BC 17 C. Cullum, G. Peck & T. Wood Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 15 v H. Dixon, T. Hebblewhite & T. Gaytor Goxhill BC 16.

SEMI-FINALS: To be played Friday morning): E. Elkington, N. Salmon & L. Rice (Hucknall – Friskney BC) v T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis (Lincoln – Eagle BC); R. Wallwin, J. Wood & C. Fry (Newark – Farndon BC) v H. Dixon, T. Hebblewhite & T. Gaytor (Goxhill BC).

Mother and son team ease into Bowls Tournament semi-finals

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE second day of the 2010 Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament featured the Open Pairs competition, with all four greens playing exceptionally well and strong competition throughout the day.

For the second day running 22-year-old Simon Dent (Clee BC), partnered by his mother Tracy Dent, produced some outstanding form to reach his second semi-final of the week.

Tracy will be looking to add the Open Pairs title to the Mixed Pairs title won at this year's Cleethorpes Open.

The Clee BC pair will be the only local representatives in Friday's semi-finals, which will pair them against Rinks of Three runners-up Ted and Iris Coulson (Lincoln – Eagle BC).

The second semi-final will feature Bob Stevens (Bilsthorpe BC), who won the title in 2006 partnered by Janet Eames, face the Retford pair of Ted Marsh and Ian Ransby (Ordsall BC).

RESULTS

(All Grimsby/Cleethorpes except where stated otherwise)

PRELIMINARY ROUND: Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies Grimsby BC 14 Extra End v Barry & Mary Walls Scunthorpe Belton BC 13 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 20 v Andy Marshall & Ernie White Stallingborough Habrough BC 9 Ann Johnson & Margaret Roberts Habrough BC 7 v George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 20 Grahame Harris & Jim Sorley Waltham BC 10 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 22 Peter Clarke & Barry Cammell Sussex BC 6 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 23 John & Rose Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 13 v Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15 Gwen & Dave Jarrett Vikings BC 9 v Pat Lewis & Doug Stolworthy Grant Thorold BC 18 Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC 14 v Victor Blake & Paul Spall Grimsby BC 11 James Duncan & Pat Anderson Waltham Park BC 16 v Ian Jackson & Jim Cole Unattached 14 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 19 v Brian Elford & Roger Scales Blossom Way BC 11 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 20 v Hedley Snow & Derek Burgess Barretts BC 16 David & Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 9 v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC 14.

ROUND ONE: Laura-Jane Duncan & Malcolm Anderson Waltham Park BC 5 v Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 16 Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 17 v David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson Owmby North Kelsey BC 10 Andy Arundel & Tony Stone Waltham Park BC 7 v John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 23 Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 25 v Alan & Sean Brown Vikings BC 9 Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC 14 v John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 15 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 28 v Graham Coxon & Cyril Hayes Worksop CSC BC 6 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 17 v Janine Mountain & Irene East Humberston CC BC 8 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 20 v Colin Bedford & Brian Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 9 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 17 v Wendy Newman & Bob Wheeler Vikings BC 13 Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 17 v Maureen Bush & Kath Reid Healing BC 10 John Morgan & Graham Campbell BC 15 v Michael Bingham & Gordon Macfall Haxey BC 16 Peter Croft & Jack Simons Grant Thorold BC 15 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 18 Dennis Duffield & Bernard Beel Waltham Park BC 10 v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 20 George Howard & Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC 6 v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 22 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan Grant Thorold BC 13 v Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 16 Pat Belton & June Allender Humberston Waltham BC 11 v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC 17 Ernest Elkington & Neal Salmon Nottingham Friskney BC 8 v Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 16 David Remington & Neville Reid Ulceby Healing BC 13 v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 15 John Belton & Dave Nicholl Waltham BC 5 v Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 27 John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 16 v Helen Pulfrey & John Higgins Vikings BC 11 George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 8 v Alan (Snr.) & Martin Dent Immingham Louth IBC 19 Jim Reynolds & Keith Perkins Laceby BC 9 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 18 Dave Bacon & Fred Croft Peoples Park BC 18 v Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC 15 Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 16 v Ray Maskell & Darrell Eames Worksop South Forest BC 12 Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 15 v Doug Rook & Fred Golding Immingham Habrough BC 9 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC 14 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 19 James Duncan & Pat Anderson Waltham Park BC 7 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 23 Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC 14 v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC 5 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 15 v Peter Tupton & Alex Holland Shirebrook BC 11 David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC 13 v Rhona Watts & Colin Birkitt Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 12 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 14 Extra End v Pat Lewis & Doug Stolworthy Grant Thorold BC 13 Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 18 v Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies BC 10.

ROUND TWO: Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 8 v Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 20 John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 12 v Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 17 John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 10 v Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 17 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC 10 v Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 21 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC 10 v Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 20 Michael Bingham & Gordon Macfall Haxey BC 10 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 23 Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 17 v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 10 Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 24 v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC 13 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 20 v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 9 Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 12 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 19 Alan (Snr.) & Martin Dent Immingham Louth IBC 12 v Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 17 Dave Bacon & Fred Croft Peoples Park BC 12 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 13 Tony Hebblewhite & Ann Veal Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 12 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 14 Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 15 v Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC 11 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 21 v David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC 9 Harold Dixon & Tony Gaytor Goxhill BC 9 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 17.

ROUND THREE: Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 8 v Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 18 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 20 v Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 11 Jean King & Eddie Edwards Humberston Grimsby BC 11 v Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 22 Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 18 v Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC 11 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 13 v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 9 Jonathan Darley & Steve Wells Clee BC 10 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 23 Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 12 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 14 Bill Bateman & Eddie Ling Alford BC 11 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 16.

QUARTER-FINALS: Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 10 v Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC 15 Terry Smalley & Julie Howram Brigg BC 9 v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 14 Tracey & Simon Dent Clee BC 26 v Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC 8 Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 17 v Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC 8.

SEMI-FINALS: (To be played Friday morning): Bob Stevens & Janet Eames (Bilsthorpe BC) v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby (Retford – Ordsall BC) Tracey & Simon Dent (Clee BC) v Ted & Iris Coulson (Lincoln – Eagle BC).

OPEN PAIRS PLATE COMPETITION: In the Open Pairs Plate Competition Alan & Sean Brown (Grimsby / Vikings BC) took first place with Jim Sorley & Grahame Harris (Humberston/Waltham BC) finishing as runners-up. Third place was taken by Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows (Lincoln / Eagle BC) and David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson (Owmby / N. Kelsey BC) finishing fourth.

Grimsby Open Bowls week gets into full swing at Sussex Rec

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE opening day of the 2010 Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament held at the Sussex Recreation Ground produced some highly entertaining games.

Entries for this year's tournament were slightly down on previous years but, once again, it brought players to Cleethorpes from a wide area.

When opening the tournament, the Mayor of North East Lincolnshire, councillor Norma Lincoln welcomed players and complimented the ground staff for the preparation of both the greens and the recreation ground.

She then bowled the first bowl of the week to get the tournament underway.

The first competition of the tournament – the Singles – has produced one all local semi-final line-up which will see two Cleethorpes Bowls Club players battle it out for a place in the final.

Twice holder of the title in 2003 and 2005 and losing semi-finalist and Player of the Tournament at this year's Cleethorpes Open, Jonathan Darley (Clee BC), has continued his excellent form to reach the semi-final in which he will face 23-year-old club-mate Simon Dent.

Simon stepped in at the last minute to take the place of his uncle Allan Dent (Snr), who last year took the runners-up spot and continues the outstanding recent form of the Dent family.

With the defending champion Dennis Cheater (Walkington BC) injured and having to withdraw, another North Bank player, Tim Winter (Hull West Park BC), who reached the 2005 Cleethorpes Open semi-finals, will be looking to take the silverware back to Yorkshire.

Standing in his way will be Barrow on Humber bowler Tony Hebblewhite (Goxhill BC).

Results

(All Grimsby/Cleethorpes except were stated otherwise)

PRELIMINARY ROUND: Laura-Jane Duncan Waltham Park BC 17 v Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC 13 Pauline Veitch Hull Scarborough BC 14 v Derek Burgess Tetney Waltham Park BC 8 Andy Parrott Vikings BC 18 v Alex Holland Warsop Shirebrook BC 6 Martin Dent Clee BC 15 v Ted Marsh Retford Ordsall BC 11 Bob Stevens Bilsthorpe BC 15 v Bill Johnson Waltham BC 10 Norman Dodsworth Sussex BC 5 v Brenda Land New Waltham Waltham BC 18 Pat Lewis Grant Thorold BC 13 v Jonathan Darley Clee BC 15 Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC 10 v Sheila Childs Barretts BC 15.

ROUND ONE: Trevor Barlow Alford BC DNA v Gwen Jarrett Vikings BC BYE Terry Wood Carr Lane BC 11 v Janet Eames Warsop BC 14 Grahame Harris Waltham BC 18 v Janine Mountain Humberston CC BC 15 George Hilton Retford Ordsall BC 11 v Brian Elford Blossom Way BC 14 Hedley Snow Barretts BC 24 v Wally Gresham Carr Lane BC 4 Andy Arundel Waltham Park BC 14 v Kevin Lewis Lincoln Eagle BC 13 Caroline Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 13 v Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 14 Paul Lound Skegby Brierly Park BC 16 v Helen Pulfrey Vikings BC 14 Arthur Matthews Peoples Park BC DNA v Victor Blake Grimsby BC BYE Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 16 v Terry Smalley Scunthorpe Brigg Town BC 10 John Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 17 v David Whittington Laceby BC 14 Cyril Hayes Maltby Worksop CSC BC 10 v Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 19 Simon Smith Unattached 14 v Steve Spencer-Davis Grimsby BC 11 Darrell Eames Warsop BC 18 v Peter Pulfrey Grant Thorold BC 4 Tim Winter Hull West Park BC 16 v Peter Turton Shirebrook BC 13 Julie Langley Scartho Clee BC 15 v Margaret Upton Sussex BC 17 Frank Balderson Great Coates Vikings BC 17 v Pat Belton Waltham BC 8 Margaret Leggett Waltham Park BC 4 v Jonathan Darley Clee BC 18 Bob Stevens Bilsthorpe BC 19 v Eddie Ling Great Coates Clee BC 6 Charlie Gore Grimsby BC 9 v Martin Dent Clee BC 14 Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 21 v Wendy Newman Vikings BC 7 James Duncan Waltham Park BC 15 v Laura-Jane Duncan Waltham Park BC 12 Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 17 v Sheila Childs Barretts BC 4 George Howard Grant Thorold BC 15 v Andrew Josling Barretts BC 14 Simon Dent Clee BC 17 v Brenda Land New Waltham Waltham BC 12 Pauline Veitch Hull Scarborough BC 17 v Harold Dixon Goxhill BC 10 Val Smith Scunthorpe Winterton BC 11 v John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 14 Bill Bateman Alford BC 13 v George Cartwright Barretts BC 16 John Belton Waltham BC 14 v Dave Jarrett Vikings BC 13 Andy Parrott Vikings BC 6 v Tracey Dent Clee BC 18 Alan Beavis Grant Thorold BC 12 v Ray Maskell Bilsthorpe BC 14 Roger Scales Blossom Way BC 14 v Jim Sorley Humberston Waltham BC 9.

ROUND TWO: Gwen Jarrett Vikings BC 4 v Janet Eames Warsop BC 19 Grahame Harris Waltham BC 10 v Brian Elford Blossom Way BC 13 Hedley Snow Barretts BC 13 v Andy Arundel Waltham Park BC 12 Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 16 v Paul Lound Skegby Brierly Park BC 15 Victor Blake Grimsby BC 11 v Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 20 John Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 14 v Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 9 Simon Smith Unattached 15 v Darrell Eames Warsop BC 12 Tim Winter Hull West Park BC 17 v Margaret Upton Sussex BC 6 Frank Balderson Great Coates Vikings BC 11 v Jonathan Darley Clee BC 18 Bob Stevens Bilsthorpe BC 12 v Martin Dent Clee BC 16 Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 16 v James Duncan Waltham Park BC 11 Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 20 v George Howard Grant Thorold BC 6 Simon Dent Clee BC 16 v Pauline Veitch Hull Scarborough BC 7 John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 6 v George Cartwright Barretts BC 17 John Belton Waltham BC 13 v Tracey Dent Clee BC 10 Ray Maskell Bilsthorpe BC 15 v Roger Scales Blossom Way BC 16.

ROUND THREE: Janet Eames Warsop BC 13 v Brian Elford Blossom Way BC 16 Hedley Snow Barretts BC 9 v Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 18 Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 16 v John Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 11 Simon Smith Unattached 7 v Tim Winter Hull West Park BC 15 Jonathan Darley Clee BC 16 v Martin Dent Clee BC 12 Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 11 v Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 17 Simon Dent Clee BC 16 Extra End v George Cartwright Barretts BC 15 John Belton Waltham BC 20 v Roger Scales Blossom Way BC 8

QUARTER-FINALS: Brian Elford Blossom Way BC 11 v Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 17 Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC 9 v Tim Winter Hull West Park BC 15 Jonathan Darley Clee BC 19 v Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC 9 Simon Dent Clee BC 15 v John Belton Waltham BC 10.

SEMI-FINALS: (To be played Friday morning). Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber (Goxhill BC) v Tim Winter Hull (West Park BC); Jonathan Darley Grimsby (Clee BC) v Simon Dent Grimsby (Clee BC).

SINGLES PLATE COMPETITION: The Singles Plate competition was won by Kevin Lewis (Eagle BC Lincoln) who beat Pat Lewis (Grant Thorold BC) in the final. Third place was taken by Fred Mellows (Eagle BC Lincoln) with Jim Sorley (Waltham BC) in fourth place.

Cullums put on a good display at Royal Leamington Spa

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

A SMILING Caroline Cullum insisted that she was not disappointed after being denied a place in the last eight of the Bowls England women's national singles championship at Royal Leamington Spa.

Instead, the Cleethorpes player, who defeated her club-mate Amy Monkhouse and another Lincolnshire star Penny Strong in the first two rounds of the county championship, was delighted to have made it into England's last 16 on her first appearance in the singles.

"It would have been nice to have played in the quarter-finals, but I already achieved more than I expected – and I was holding a match lie against Lynne (Bowen), so I was nearly there."

Cullum trailed Bowen, a Commonwealth Games medallist and close friend of Monkhouse, by two shots (8-10) after 11 ends. But she took control mid-game and looked the likely winner when she raced into a 19-11 lead.

"I didn't do much wrong, but Lynne came back at me pretty strongly, and I was unlucky on one end, when, at 20-13, I went for the jack for game, and clipped the pot to one side, and dropped four shots," Cullum said.

Last week, the Cleethorpes star opened her bid for the national title with a splendid 21-4 dismissal of Lancastrian Joyce Jones, and she made further progress the following morning, beating Dorset ace Fran Hewett, 21-17.

"I was 11-17 down in that game," recalled Cullum.

"But I got my game together, and won in just four ends with two doubles and two trebles, so perhaps it was turn to be on the receiving end in the third round."

Ruth Cullum, pictured, who is a member of Cleethorpes and Perry Sports bowls clubs, teamed up again with Holbeach ace Annalisa Bellamy in an attempt to regain the Bowls England Under-25 pairs title at Royal Leamington Spa.

The Lincolnshire duo defeated Cumbria's Lucy Wallace and Stephanie Moffatt, 20-15, in the first round, were denied a place in the third round when they were edged out in a thrilling contest, 16-15, by Sussex starlets Keira Morley and Lorraine Kuhler.

The event was won by Somerset's Laura Holden and Stef Branfield, who beat the hotly tipped Devon duo Amanda Higginbotham and Sophie Tolchard, 22-7, in a high-quality final.

Natalie Melmore, who was controversially handed the Commonwealth Games singles berth that was expected to go to Cleethorpes ace Amy Monkhouse, justified her selection at the weekend by winning the Bowls England women's singles title.

The 21-year-old Melmore, from the Torquay Kings club in Devon, became the youngest-ever national four-wood singles champion, beating the record held by Monkhouse, who was 25 when she won the title in 2004.

Cullum on a high after successful debut at national singles championship

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

CAROLINE Cullum was over the moon at Royal Leamington Spa after making a successful debut in the Bowls England women's national singles championship.

Cullum, the mother of junior international star Ruth Cullum, and a Cleethorpes club-mate of the high-flying Amy Monkhouse, took only 14 ends to defeat Lancastrian Joyce Jones 21-4, and will meet Dorset's Frances Hewett for a place in the second round.

"I've been to Leamington before, playing alongside Amy (Monkhouse) and Chris (Gowshall)," said Cullum. "But this is my first time in the singles, and I found it nerve-wracking – but I was pleased with the way I played."

"I was born into bowls, because all the family play," Cullum explained.

"My dad introduced me to the game, and I was playing at 13 – and I even met my husband playing bowls!"

Grimsby Bowls Week draws

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

HERE are the draws for the Grimsby Open Bowls Week, which starts on Sunday.

Matches will be played at Sussex Recreation Ground, Cleethorpes.

OPEN SINGLES COMPETITION

To be played on Sunday

Preliminary Games 9.15 a.m.

P1 Laura-Jane Duncan Waltham Park BC v Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC P2 Pauline Veitch Hull Scarborough BC v Derek Burgess Tetney Waltham Park BC P3 Andy Parrott Vikings BC v Alex Holland Warsop Shirebrook BC P4 Martin Dent Clee BC v Ted Marsh Retford Ordsall BC P5 Bob Stevens Bilsthorpe BC v Bill Johnson Waltham BC P6 Norman Dodsworth Sussex BC v Brenda Land New Waltham Waltham BC P7 Pat Lewis Grant Thorold BC v Jonathan Darley Clee BC P8 Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC v Sheila Childs Barretts BC

Round 1 (Group One) 9.15 a.m.

1 Trevor Barlow Alford BC v Gwen Jarrett Vikings BC 2 Terry Wood Carr Lane BC v Janet Eames Warsop BC 3 Grahame Harris Waltham BC v Janine Mountain Humberston CC BC 4 George Hilton Retford Ordsall BC v Brian Elford Blossom Way BC 5 Doug Bray Waltham Barretts BC v Wally Gresham Carr Lane BC 6 Andy Arundel Waltham Park BC v Kevin Lewis Lincoln Eagle BC 7 Caroline Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC v Tony Hebblewhite Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 8 Paul Lound Skegby Brierly Park BC v Helen Pulfrey Vikings BC 9 Arthur Matthews Peoples Park BC v Victor Blake Grimsby BC 10 Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC v Terry Smalley Scunthorpe Brigg Town BC 11 John Weeden Humberston Sussex BC v David Whittinton Laceby BC 12 Cyril Hayes Maltby Worksop CSC BC v Brian Eekhout Vikings BC 13 Dennis Cheater Beverley Walkington BC v Steve Spencer-Davis Grimsby BC 14 Darrell Eames Warsop BC v Peter Pulfrey Grant Thorold BC 15 Tim Winter Hull West Park BC v Peter Turton Shirebrook BC 16 Brian Kilby Skegness BC v Margaret Upton Sussex BC

Round 1 (Group Two) 10.15 a.m.

17 Frank Balderson Great Coates Vikings BC v June Allender Humberston Waltham BC 18 Margaret Leggett Waltham Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 7 19 Winner of Prelim Game No. 5 v Eddie Ling Great Coates Clee BC 20 Charlie Gore Grimsby BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 4 21 Barry Bostock Vikings BC v Wendy Newman Vikings BC 22 James Duncan Waltham Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 1 23 John Pask Grantham BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 8 24 George Howard Grant Thorold BC v Andrew Josling Barretts BC 25 Allan Dent (Snr.) Immingham Louth IBC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 6 26 Winner of Prelim Game No. 2 v Harold Dixon Goxhill BC 27 Brian Gooderham Grant Thorold BC v John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 28 Bill Bateman Alford BC v George Cartwright Barretts BC 29 John Belton Waltham BC v Dave Jarrett Vikings BC 30 Winner of Prelim Game No. 3 v Tracey Dent Clee BC 31 Alan Beavis Grant Thorold BC v Ray Maskell Bilsthorpe BC 32 Roger Scales Blossom Way BC v Jim Sorley Humberston Waltham BC

OPEN PAIRS COMPETITION

To be played on Monday

Preliminary Round 9.30 a.m. (18 Ends)

P1 Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies Grimsby BC v Dennis & Norman Cheater Beverley Walkington BC P2 Stan Short & Harold Dixon Goxhill BC v Andy Marshall & Ernie White Stallingborough Habrough BC P3 Ann Johnson & Margaret Roberts Habrough BC v George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC P4 Grahame Harris & Jim Sorley Waltham BC v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC P5 Peter Clarke & Barry Cammell Sussex BC v Jonathan Darley & Tony Musson Clee BC P6 John & Rose Stokes Bilsthorpe BC v Tony Hebblewhite & Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC P7 Gwen & Dave Jarrett Vikings BC v Pat Lewis & Grant Thorold BC P8 Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC v Victor Blake & David Lee Grimsby BC P9 James Duncan & Waltham Park BC v Ian Jackson & Jim Cole Unattached P10 Norman Dodsworth & Don Scales Sussex BC v Brian Elford & Roger Scales Blossom Way BC P11 Tracey Dent & Clee BC v Doug Bray & Barretts BC P12 David & Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC

Round 1 (Group One) 10.45 a.m. (18 Ends)

1 Laura-Jane Duncan & Anderson Waltham Park BC v Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 2 Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC v David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson Owmby North Kelsey BC 3 Andy Arundel & Waltham Park BC v John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 4 Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC v Alan & Sean Brown Vikings BC 5 Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC v John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 6 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC v Graham Coxon & Cyril Hayes Worksop CSC BC 7 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC v Janine Mountain & Irene East Humberston CC BC 8 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC v Colin Bedford & Brian Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 9 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC v Wendy Newman & Bob Wheeler Vikings BC 10 Jean King & Humberston Grimsby BC v Maureen Bush & Kath Reid Healing BC 11 John Morgan & Graham Campbell Grimsby BC v Michael Bingham & Gordon MacFaul Haxey BC 12 Brian Gooderham & Jack Simons Grant Thorold BC v Terry Smalley & Horace Heath Brigg BC 13 Dennis Duffield & Bernard Beel Waltham Park BC v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 14 George Howard & Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 15 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan Grant Thorold BC v Tom Green & Gordon James Immingham Blossom Way BC 16 Pat Belton & June Allender Humberston Waltham BC v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC

Round 1 (Group Two) 12.00 noon (18 Ends)

17 Ernest Elkington & Neal Salmon Nottingham Friskney BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 11 18 David Remington & Neville Reid Ulceby Healing BC v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 19 John Belton & Dave Nicholl Waltham BC v Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 20 Winner of Prelim Game No. 4 v Helen Pulfrey & Vikings BC 21 Winner of Prelim Game No. 3 v Alan (Snr.) & Alan (Jnr.) Dent Immingham Louth IBC 22 Jim Reynolds & Keith Perkins Laceby BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 5 23 Terry & Dave Bacon Peoples Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 8 24 Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC v Ray Maskell & Darrell Eames Worksop South Forest BC 25 Winner of Prelim Game No. 6 v Doug Rook & Fred Golding Habrough BC 26 Winner of Prelim Game No. 10 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 27 Winner of Prelim Game No. 9 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 28 Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 12 29 Bill Bateman & Trevor Barlow Alford BC v Peter Tupton & Alex Holland Shirebrook BC 30 David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC v Rhona Watts & Colin Birkitt Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 31 Winner of Prelim Game No. 2 v Winner of Prelim Game No. 7 32 Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 1

RINKS OF THREE COMPETITION

To be played on Tuesday

Round 1 (Group One) 9.30 a.m. (18 Ends)

1 J. Holmes, J. Barratt & R. Harrison Sheffield Worksop CSC BC v D. Bray, S. Childs & Barretts BC 2 J. Hopkinson, A. Trown & J. Brown Doncaster Haxey BC v J. Morgan, G. Campbell & S. Phillips Grimsby BC 3 T. Green, G. James & Immingham Blossom Way BC v J. Brown, D. Jerrison & B. Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC 4 P. Clarke, B. Cammell & J. Rock Sussex BC v B. Tutty, V. Grundy & S. Swan Laceby BC 5 T. Marshall, P. Pulfrey & P. Wright Keelby Grant Thorold BC v J. Jordan, B. Wright & J. Orton Hucknall Skegness Foreshore BC 6 G. Hilton, P. Noble & T. Marsh Retford Ordsall BC v A. (Snr.) R. & A (Jnr.) Dent Immingham Louth IBC 7 J. & P. Belton & D. Nicholl Waltham BC v B. Bateman, T. Barlow & Alford BC 8 B. Gooderham, P. Lewis & J. Simons Grant Thorold BC v P. Turton, B. Broughton & A. Holland Shirebrook BC 9 J. Reynolds, K. Perkins & J. Swaby Laceby BC v D. Duffield, B. Beel & J. Solley Waltham Park BC 10 J. Miskelly, B. Altoft & J. Sheppard Haverstoe BC v T. & I. Coulson & K. Lewis Eagle BC 11 S. Moore, P. Cowling & J. Mountain Alford Humberston CC BC v R. Maskell, D. Eames & G. Jelly Warsop South Forest BC 12 E. Cuthbert, T. Scrimshaw & G. Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC v B. Elford, R. Scales & T. Nielson Blossom Way BC 13 P. Bown, J. McLachlan & B. Howson Kingsway Printers BC v D. & J. Cole & I. Jackson Scartho Clee BC

Round 1 (Group Two) 11.00 a.m. (18 Ends)

14 B. Johnson, B. Land & Waltham BC v M. & K. Steer & R. Buckingham Immingham Sussex BC 15 R. Watts, C. Birkitt & B. Graves Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC v A. Shepherd, R. Storey & B. Heavy Skegness Suncastle BC 16 C. Gore, S. Spencer-Davis & P. Barnett Grimsby BC v T. Smalley, H. Heath & A. Alder Brigg BC 17 G. Coxon, C. Hayes & J. Oxley Worksop CSC BC v A. Johnson, G. Allis & M. Humberstone Habrough BC 18 J. King, K. Green & Humberston Grimsby BC v G. Milborn, J. Weeden & J. Goodwin Sussex BC 19 A. Marshall, D. Rook & E. White Stallingborough Habrough BC v N. Dodsworth, E. Edwards & J. Smith Sussex BC 20 D. & M. & N. Cheater Beverley Walkington BC v C. Cullum, G. Peck & Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 21 D. & G. Jarrett & H. Pulfrey Vikings BC v A. Beavis, W. Ryan & I. Major Grant Thorold BC 22 G. Harris & J. & D. Sorley Waltham BC v A. & S. Brown & R. Wilkinson Vikings BC 23 T. Morris, S. Short & H. Dixon Goxhill BC v M. Upton, J. Jenkins & P. McKeon Sussex BC 24 M. Bush, K. Reid & M. Nurse Healing BC v J. & B. Darley & B. Gowshall Clee BC 25 A. Parrott, B. Eekhout & J. Higgins Vikings BC v J. Allender, R. Newell & M. Barratt Waltham BC

The following Triples received a BYE into Round 2 and will play their first game at 12.45 p.m. 1 E. Elkington, N. Salmon & R. Amos Hucknall Friskney BC 2 A. Arundel, L-.J.Duncan & D. Langley Waltham Park BC 3 F. Eames, E. Cockerill & J. Burt Laceby BC 4 J. & C. Bedford & B. Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 5 A. & C. Barks & M. Green Eagle BC 6 R. Wallwin, J. Wood & C. Fry Newark Farndon BC 7 D. Remington, J. Talbot & B. True Ulceby Healing BC

MIXED PAIRS COMPETITION

To be played on Wednesday

Round 1 (Group One) 10.00 a.m. (18 Ends)

1 Fred Eames & Jean Burt Laceby BC v Peter Noble & Shirley Crane Retford Ordsall BC 2 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC v George Hilton & Pat Shay Retford Ordsall BC 3 Grahame Harris & Alison Chatham Waltham BC v Steve & Margaret Leggett Waltham Park BC 4 Pat Belton & Ron Newell Waltham BC v Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC 5 Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC v Caroline Cullum & Gordon Peck Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 6 Norman Dodsworth & June Smith Sussex BC v Bill Gibbins & Marie Nuttall Barnsley Barretts BC 7 Margaret Upton & John Goodwin Sussex BC v Janet & Colin Bedford Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 8 Terry Marshall & Val Croft Keelby Grant Thorold BC v Brian & Susan Kilby Skegness BC 9 David Cole & Thelma Scrimshaw Scartho Clee BC v Maureen Bush & Martin Nurse Healing BC 10 David Remington & Brenda True Ulceby Healing BC v Doug Bray & Waltham Barretts BC 11 Janet & Darrell Eames Warsop Longden Terrace BC v David Rutt & Eva Dayes Brough Market Weighton BC 12 John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC v Rose & John Stokes Bilsthorpe BC 13 Terry Wood & Laura-Jane Duncan Carr Lane BC v Tina Morris & Harold Dixon Goxhill BC 14 Andy Arundel & Waltham Park BC v Michael Barratt & June Allender Waltham BC

Round 1 (Group Two) 11.15 a.m. (18 Ends)

15 Jim Cole & Margaret Roberts Killingholme Habrough BC v John & Denise Weeden Humberston Sussex BC 16 Jim & Denise Sorley Humberston Waltham BC v Eddie Ling & Kathy Reid Clee BC 17 Ted Coulson & Vicky Heap Eagle BC v Tony Hebblewhite & Christine Ellis Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 18 Alan Dent (Snr.) & Julie Howram Immingham Louth IBC v Jean King & Roger Lockwood Humberston Grimsby BC 19 Tom & Doreen Green Immingham Blossom Way BC v Graham Coxon & Janice Oxley Worksop CSC BC 20 Geoffrey & Doreen Milborn Sussex BC v Bob Stevens & Julie Colella Bilsthorpe BC 21 Helen Pulfrey & Andy Parrott Vikings BC v Brian Gooderham & Pat Lewis Grant Thorold BC 22 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC v Steve Moore & Jan Mountain Alford BC 23 Ernest Elkington & Rose Amos Hucknell Friskney BC v Jonathan Darley & Marion Burgess Clee BC 24 David Whittinton & Sheila Childs Laceby Barretts BC v Iris Coulson & Kevin Lewis Eagle BC 25 David & Christine Hempsall Lincoln Hykeham BC v Mike & Julia Heath Goxhill BC 26 Raymond & Hilary Maskell Bilsthorpe BC v Ted Marsh & Dot Dernie Retford Ordsall BC 27 Rhona Watts & David Langley Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC v Pat McKeon & Cliff Deighton Sussex BC 28 Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC v Tracey Dent & Clee BC 29 Ann Johnson & Andy Marshall Habrough BC v Ian Jackson & Sheila Smith Unattached

The following Mixed Pairs received a BYE into Round 2 and will play their first game at 12.45 p.m. 1 Gwen & Dave Jarrett Vikings BC 2 Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC 3 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan Grant Thorold BC

Open pairs draw sets up some exciting match-ups at Sussex Rec in big tournament

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

GRIMSBY Open Bowls Tournament's Open Pairs draw has produced some mouthwatering ties.

Defending champions Andy Parrott and Brian Eekhout (Vikings BC) begin their defence of the title against David Thomas and Bernard Sanderson (N Kelsey BC).

Other first round games which stand out are the 2005 runners-up Peter Clarke and Barry Cammell (Sussex BC) against the 2009 Cleethorpes Open runners-up Jonathan Darley and Tony Musson (Clee/Blossom Way BCs) in a repeat of their first round game in 2009.

The 2008 title holders Terry Wood and Robert Dalby (Carr Lane BC) will face the strong father and son pairing of Gary and David Langley (Scartho Clee BC).

The 2009 runner-up Allan Dent Snr, this year teams up with his son Allan Dent Jnr (Louth IBC) and will be looking to advance towards another title on his CV – if they can get past the winners of the preliminary game between Ann Johnson and Margaret Roberts (Habrough BC) or George Hilton and Peter Noble (Ordsall BC).

Last year's semi-finalist, Caroline Cullum, partners with daughter Ruth (Kingsway Printers BC) with whom she won the Triples last year and has a tough opening game against the 2009 Cleethorpes Singles winner John Belton, partnered by Dave Nicholl (Waltham BC).

Strong challenges for the title will also come from outside of the area with players such as Anita and Colin Barks (Eagle BC), Bob Stevens and Janet Eames (Bilsthorpe BC), Ted and Iris Coulson (Eagle BC), Bill Bateman and Trevor Barlow (Alford BC) and Marion Williams and Bill Pickering (Boultham Park BC) all of whom have figured in the latter stages of the competition in recent years.

Open pairs draw – to be played on Monday at Sussex Recreation Ground

Preliminary Round 9.30am (18 ends): P1 Charlie Gore & Steve Spencer-Davies Grimsby BC v Dennis & Norman Cheater Beverley Walkington BC P2 Stan Short & Harold Dixon Goxhill BC v Andy Marshall & Ernie White Stallingborough Habrough BC P3 Ann Johnson & Margaret Roberts Habrough BC v George Hilton & Peter Noble Retford Ordsall BC P4 Grahame Harris & Jim Sorley Waltham BC v John Brown & Barbara Thompson Scotter Blossom Way BC P5 Peter Clarke & Barry Cammell Sussex BC v Jonathan Darley & Tony Musson Clee BC P6 John & Rose Stokes Bilsthorpe BC v Tony Hebblewhite & Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC P7 Gwen & Dave Jarrett Vikings BC v Pat Lewis & Grant Thorold BC P8 Peter Pulfrey & Paul Wright Grant Thorold BC v Victor Blake & David Lee Grimsby BC P9 James Duncan & Waltham Park BC v Ian Jackson & Jim Cole Unattached P10 Norman Dodsworth & Don Scales Sussex BC v Brian Elford & Roger Scales Blossom Way BC P11 Tracey Dent & Clee BC v Doug Bray & Barretts BC P12 David & Gary Langley Scartho Clee BC v Terry Wood & Robert Dalby Carr Lane BC.

Round One (Group One) 10.45am (18 ends): 1 Laura-Jane Duncan & Anderson Waltham Park BC v Margaret Upton & Denise Weeden Sussex BC 2 Andy Parrott & Brian Eekhout Vikings BC v David Thomas & Bernard Sanderson Owmby North Kelsey BC 3 Andy Arundel & Waltham Park BC v John Holmes & Joe Barratt Sheffield Worksop CSC BC 4 Anita & Colin Barks Eagle BC v Alan & Sean Brown Vikings BC 5 Kevin Lewis & Fred Mellows Lincoln Eagle BC v John Hopkinson & Allan Trown Doncaster Haxey BC 6 Bob Stevens & Janet Eames Bilsthorpe BC v Graham Coxon & Cyril Hayes Worksop CSC BC 7 Barry Tutty & Susan Swan Laceby BC v Janine Mountain & Irene East Humberston CC BC 8 Bill Johnson & Brenda Land Waltham BC v Colin Bedford & Brian Kilby Market Deeping Market Deeping BC 9 Martin & Kay Steer Immingham Sussex BC v Wendy Newman & Bob Wheeler Vikings BC 10 Jean King & Humberston Grimsby BC v Maureen Bush & Kath Reid Healing BC 11 John Morgan & Graham Campbell Grimsby BC v Michael Bingham & Gordon MacFaul Haxey BC 12 Brian Gooderham & Jack Simons Grant Thorold BC v Terry Smalley & Horace Heath Brigg BC 13 Dennis Duffield & Bernard Beel Waltham Park BC v Ted Marsh & Ian Ransby Retford Ordsall BC 14 George Howard & Terry Marshall Grant Thorold BC v John Weeden & John Goodwin Humberston Sussex BC 15 Alan Beavis & Wendy Ryan Grant Thorold BC v Tom Green & Gordon James Immingham Blossom Way BC 16 Pat Belton & June Allender Humberston Waltham BC v Susan Kilby & Janet Bedford Skegness BC.

Round One (Group Two) 12pm (18 ends): 17 Ernest Elkington & Neal Salmon Nottingham Friskney BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 11 18 David Remington & Neville Reid Ulceby Healing BC v Thelma Scrimshaw & Sheila Smith Ulceby Blossom Way BC 19 John Belton & Dave Nicholl Waltham BC v Caroline & Ruth Cullum Waltham Kingsway Printers BC 20 Winner of Prelim Game No. 4 v Helen Pulfrey & Vikings BC 21 Winner of Prelim Game No. 3 v Alan (Snr.) & Alan (Jnr.) Dent Immingham Louth IBC 22 Jim Reynolds & Keith Perkins Laceby BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 5 23 Terry & Dave Bacon Peoples Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 8 24 Betty Cuthbert & Gordon Hall Goxhill Blossom Way BC v Ray Maskell & Darrell Eames Worksop South Forest BC 25 Winner of Prelim Game No. 6 v Doug Rook & Fred Golding Habrough BC 26 Winner of Prelim Game No. 10 v Howard & George Mellish Creswell BC 27 Winner of Prelim Game No. 9 v Ted & Iris Coulson Eagle BC 28 Fred Eames & Eric Cockerill Laceby BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 12 29 Bill Bateman & Trevor Barlow Alford BC v Peter Tupton & Alex Holland Shirebrook BC 30 David Cole & Linda King Scartho Clee BC v Rhona Watts & Colin Birkitt Barrow on Humber Goxhill BC 31 Winner of Prelim Game No. 2 v Winner of Prelim Game No. 7 32 Marion Williams & Bill Pickering Lincoln Boultham Park BC v Winner of Prelim Game No. 1

Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament set to roll into action

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE 2010 Grimsby Open Bowls Tournament will be taking place at the Sussex Recreation Ground, Cleethorpes, from Sunday until Friday next week.

Entries for this year's tournament are slightly down on previous years for various reasons, although many regular and new players will be making the trip to Cleethorpes – from both local clubs and from outside of the area.

After the perfect weather enjoyed at the Cleethorpes Open in June, organisers are hoping that the weather will stay fine to enable the expected high level of competition to be played without interruption to the schedules.

If the weather allows all four competitions to be completed up to the quarter-final stages on the scheduled days, there will be a Roving Jack Pairs competition held on Thursday afternoon – which is open to any players wishing to enter regardless of if they have played in the Tournament or not. Entries must be received at Sussex Recreation Ground by close of play on Wednesday.

The Open Singles Competition will be played on Sunday at Sussex Recreation Ground.

Defending champion Dennis Cheater (Walkington BC) opens his defence of the title with a first-round game against Steve Spencer-Davis (Grimsby BC) while last year's runner-up and runner-up in this year's Cleethorpes Open, Allan Dent Snr (Louth IBC), will have to wait to see who he meets in his first game which will be against the winner of the preliminary game between Norman Dodsworth (Sussex BC) or Brenda Land (Waltham BC).

Jonathan Darley (Clee BC) – twice holder of the title in 2003 and 2005 and losing semi-finalist and Player of the Tournament at this year's Cleethorpes Open – has a preliminary game against Pat Lewis (Grant Thorold BC).

The 2008 runner-up and losing semi-finalist at the Cleethorpes Open, Terry Wood (Carr Lane BC), plays Janet Eames (Warsop BC), who is a newcomer to the tournament.

Other strong contenders for the title will be John Belton (Waltham BC), winner of the 2009 Cleethorpes title. He faces Dave Jarrett (Vikings BC).

Another previous winner who always puts in a strong challenge is John Pask (Grantham BC). He plays the winner of Fred Mellows (Eagle BC Lincoln) or Sheila Childs (Barretts BC).

The draw for the Open Pairs Competition – to be played on Monday – sees defending champions Andy Parrott and Brian Eekhout (Vikings BC) begin their title defence against David Thomas and Bernard Sanderson (N Kelsey BC).

Other first-round games which stand out include the clash between the 2005 runners-up, Peter Clarke & Barry Cammell (Sussex BC), against 2009 Cleethorpes Open runners-up Jonathan Darley and Tony Musson (Clee / Blossom Way BCs) – a repeat of their first-round game in last year.

The 2008 title holders, Terry Wood and Robert Dalby (Carr Lane BC), will face the strong father and son pairing of Gary and David Langley (Scartho Clee BC).

More match previews at www.sportgrimsby.co.uk/bowls

Last year's runner-up, Allan Dent Snr, this year partners up with son Allan Dent Jnr (Louth IBC). They will be looking to advance towards another title on his CV if they can get past the winners of the preliminary game between Ann Johnson and Margaret Roberts (Habrough BC), and George Hilton and Peter Noble (Ordsall BC).

Last year's semi-finalist Caroline Cullum partners with daughter Ruth (Kingsway Printers BC), with whom she won the Triples last year and she has a tough opening game against the 2009 Cleethorpes Singles winner John Belton, partnered by Dave Nicholl (Waltham BC).

Strong challenges for the title will also come from outside of the area from players such as Anita and Colin Barks (Eagle BC), Bob Stevens and Janet Eames (Bilsthorpe BC), Ted and Iris Coulson (Eagle BC), Bill Bateman and Trevor Barlow (Alford BC) and Marion Williams and Bill Pickering (Boultham Park BC) – all of whom have figured in the latter stages of the competition in recent years.

Louth pair Two Plus One & DeeJays keep up Triples title battle

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE two-horse race at the top of the Louth Indoor Bowls Morning Triples league continues with Two Plus One holding a one-point lead over DeeJays.

The leaders only had one game last week but won it in emphatic style when toppling Oaks by 33-3.

DeeJays had two games ad won both thus closing the gap.

They did just enough to beat Bujiars 16-7 but had a far tougher game against bottom team Greenfingers and only won 11-8 thanks to a late flourish.

Mudlarks are unlikely to challenge the top two but remain third thanks to a comfortable 21-6 win over Mix and Match and a 13-13 draw against Bramleys which they really ought to have won.

Oaks are two points behind in fourth as they claimed a 20-9 win over Greenfingers after being 9-5 down at one stage.

Numbskulls had a good week with wins over Bramleys (14-10) and Mix and Match (16-10) to stay well clear of the bottom three.

Barry Southwell and Dave Gladding maintained a four-point lead at the top of the Friday Evening Pairs with a simple 24-6 win against Paul Hillier and Derek Farrington.

Barrie Robinson and Charlie Briggs needed a 'three' on the last end to rescue a 15-13 win against Veronica Hillier and Margaret Pycroft.

This gives them second place on shots difference ahead of Wendy White and Jack Goy who saw off a late challenge from Jackie Brothwell and Sheila Mills to win 20-15.

Mick Espin and George Chesman lost the chance to move into fourth spot when they were beaten 20-9 by Brian Nash and Paul Dunham.

This Friday sees the top two pairs face each other in what could be the title decider. It could be an unlucky 13th match for one pair.

Amy Monkhouse: Event hasn't been a complete disaster

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

AMY Monkhouse bounced back to mount an assault on the national women's triples title – after the disappointment of losing so heavily in the Bowls England Champion of Champions final.

Joined by Tracy Dent, and Amy's mum Christine Gowshall, Monkhouse was determined to finish the championships at Royal Leamington Spa on a high note. And she skipped the Cleethorpes trio to an impressive 24-16 win over Irene Everett, Dorothy Counsell and Eleanor Benvie from Bolton in Lancashire.

But there was more disappointment in store for the Lincolnshire champions, who came up against Heather Stapleford, Rose Castle and Shirley Page, from Baldock in Hertfordshire, in the second round.

Page, who will be 70 in December, helped her county win the Johns Trophy at the start of these championships, and defeated Monkhouse in the semi-finals of the two-wood singles on Wednesday, so the encounter gave the Grimsby ace an early chance of revenge.

It was not to be – although Cleethorpes took a 5-1 lead after five ends, and looked good when they led, 9-4, after eleven, Baldock hit back with a vengeance, scoring 13 shots to one over the next six ends – a haul that included a disastrous count of six on the 15th end.

It was Cleethorpes' turn to show defiance, but, although they reduced the deficit over the last three ends, they were unable to secure the count that would have enabled them to draw level, and the Herts trio moved through to the third round with a 16-13 victory.

Monkhouse, pictured right, who finished with a flourish, conjuring up two shots on the last end, said: "Of course it's disappointing, because that was our last chance of winning anything this year, but, when you look at what we have done in eight days, it hasn't been a total disaster."

She continued: "When all's said and done, I got to the final of the Champion of Champions, and mum and I lost in the final of the Mother-&-Daughter pairs – plus there were two semi finals, in the fours and two-wood singles, and mum got to the third round in the over 55 singles."

Amy Monkhouse defeated at the Bowls England championships

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

AMY Monkhouse failed in her bid to lift the Champion of Champions title at the Bowls England championships.

Despite having suffered a few disappointments during the first week of the big event, Monkhouse was hotly tipped to lift the Champion of Champions title for the seventh time in 13 years.

Prospects looked good as she swept past local hope Moira Parsons, 21-6, in the quarter-finals, and she made no mistake against England team-mate Jennie Groves, from Leicestershire, in the semi final, winning 21-12.

But, playing in her fourth match of the day, she turned in a below-par performance against England star Kath Hawes, who hit top form to win by an astonishing 21-3 scoreline.

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